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I have a lot of thoughts on it, mostly unhappy thoughts.
Two things stand out:
First, I'm having a hard time with the voting turnout numbers. More people showed up to boot Trump out of office (voting for Biden), than every before. If you look at the numbers, the Republicans have gone up and up in vote count, albeit, not by a lot. While the Democratic vote count varies wildly year over year. It tells me that if people, specifically democratic voting people, show up, they win. When they don't, then the GOP wins. It is clear to me that they didn't show up.
Clearly, more people believed he was a threat to the country in 2020 and turned up in droves to drive him out, but in 2024 when we needed all of those people to turn up again, and keep him out, they just, didn't bother. I'm sure, a nontrivial amount of the voters flipped between Dem and Rep.... Or vice versa.... But the total votes when Biden won, were simply a lot more.
So I'm having trouble reconciling that fewer people turned up to vote and keep the orange one out of office, than the number that showed up to kick him out of office to begin with. I don't understand why they thought they needed to show up in 2020, but felt that they didn't need to in 2024. I just don't get it.
The second thing is centered around project 2025. Holy shit that entire plan is cursed. I feel bad for every American that isn't a straight white male right now. You're all going to get fucked over in some way, shape, or form. Even if you are a straight white male, you're probably still fucked because of all the fucked up things that Trump is going to do to the economy that will benefit his billionaire friends (at your expense). You'll get fucked slightly less than everyone else, but you'll still get fucked.
The only solace I have in this, is that Trump is done. He cannot run for a third term. Assuming that he isn't successful in dismantling the democracy at the heart of what the US is, it will only be four years and they can start the very long journey to repairing all the damage that this clown is about to do.
I have no illusions, that even if America survives his second term, they will be fucked for decades to come.
Domestically, they made their bed, they can sleep in it. Yeah, I feel sorry for a lot of Americans, who will certainly suffer but then I also feel sorry for lots of people around the world who are suffering. In the US, they have a democracy, even if flawed and imperfect. At the end of the day, this was the will of the people. Maybe not so much that they wanted Trump (many certainly do) but rather enough people weren't bothered enough to care.
Unfortunately, this is a central Russian propaganda aim in democracies. Why bother voting? Politicians are all crooks. Mainstream media is all lies. Just give up, don't engage, justโฆ surrender. Why even try? It's found fertile ground in an increasingly disillusioned public, and you don't need to convince everyone to sit out the election, just enough.
Not to stress you out, but have you considered a Trump dynasty? What if Trump endorsed one of his children? This could go on long past this Presidency without even amending the constitution.
I don't think any of his kids have the charisma to follow in his footsteps.
One thing that I can say Trump does not lack is charisma. I have not seen the same from any of his offspring.
Charisma alone, a good leader does not make; but in this case, I'm pretty sure it's the only thing Trump has in spades.